Travel Leisure gears up for Tourism Week
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Travel Leisure is a travel and tour booking company whose principal shareholders are American and Botswana investors. The company links well established hotels and lodges in Botswana and in the region, with domestic and international tourists.
Travel Leisure Chairman, Ambassador Joseph Huggins (retired) and President and CEO of the Huggins Group, USA asserts that this winning combination enables Travel Leisure agents to successfully market Botswana's popular Okavango Delta and Chobe destinations, as well as the SADC countries' most popular destinations to local and international tourists, particularly from the United States and Europe.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...